The 60-year-old musician, formerly the drummer and vocalist for rock group Genesis, said he thinks now is a “good time” for him to stop making music: “I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think: ‘I can’t be in the same business as this. I don’t really belong to that world … I’m much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.”

Collins also cited hearing problems, a dislocated vertebra and nerve damage in his hands, all due to his decades behind the drum kit, as reasons behind his departure from the music scene.

Collins has enjoyed success as a solo musician since Genesis’ breakup, and has sold more than 150 million records over his career.